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A monologue from an American video imposed on me by my e-mail provider is shown below. My reason for posting is the title "significant other" used therein. An appalling term IMHO. But no doubt the content will also attract responses ;-) Incidentally the sample size is statistically totally unsafe. Here you go :-
[i] According to a survey by Langer Research Associates that polled 1,008 women across the US, the majority of women, overall, are happy with the division of labour in their households.
Among the women who identified as “doing more” than their partner, it was an even split between those who were happy with the status quo (48%) and those wanting their significant others to do more (49%) at home.
On the other hand, women who said they shared responsibilities equally with their partner were happy (87%), and only a handful wanted their significant others to do more (11%).
Neither group was eager for their partners to do less around the home, with only 1% from each category saying they would like that.
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[i] According to a survey by Langer Research Associates that polled 1,008 women across the US, the majority of women, overall, are happy with the division of labour in their households.
Among the women who identified as “doing more” than their partner, it was an even split between those who were happy with the status quo (48%) and those wanting their significant others to do more (49%) at home.
On the other hand, women who said they shared responsibilities equally with their partner were happy (87%), and only a handful wanted their significant others to do more (11%).
Neither group was eager for their partners to do less around the home, with only 1% from each category saying they would like that.
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people have been using "significant other" since the 80s but it's never caught on. However, nobody's come up with an alternative that has. "Partner" is best, I think - it'll quickly be obvious if you're talking about home or work partners, and if it's used more, people will probably start referring to "my business partner" for work and just "my partner" for...
21:17 Fri 08th Mar 2019
people have been using "significant other" since the 80s but it's never caught on. However, nobody's come up with an alternative that has.
"Partner" is best, I think - it'll quickly be obvious if you're talking about home or work partners, and if it's used more, people will probably start referring to "my business partner" for work and just "my partner" for home.
"Partner" is best, I think - it'll quickly be obvious if you're talking about home or work partners, and if it's used more, people will probably start referring to "my business partner" for work and just "my partner" for home.
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